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PEOPLE v. WOODWARD

No. 45438.

55 Ill.2d 134 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 62

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LARRY WOODWARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (JAMES B. ZAGEL and CHARLES H. LEVAD, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

ROBERT E. FARRELL, District Defender, Illinois Defender Project, of Mount Vernon, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant entered a plea of guilty to the crime of attempted burglary in the circuit court of Madison County. Probation was denied and the defendant was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court held on appeal that the indictment to which the guilty plea was entered was fatally defective and reversed the trial court. (

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